Cancer and everything
What is the cure used for Myelodysplastic Syndrome?
What is HSCT?
What is acute lymphocytic leukemia?
Uncontrolled proliferation of immature cells from lymphoid stem cell
What does CLL derive from?
What is a malignant clone of B lymphocyte?
WHAT AGE DOES IT AFFECT?
AFFECT ALL AGES, PEAK INCIDENCE AT AGE 67
Chronic myeloid leukemia is more common in 20 years old True or false?
False, it is uncommon in people younger than 20 years old. with increased incidence with age 64 yrs old
What is the goal of treatment for cancer?
cure, control and palliation
What age does it peak for Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
What is 4 years old?
What are the survival years?
What are 2 to 14 years depending on the stage?
WHAT MYELOID CELLS DOES IT DIFFERENTIATE INTO?
IT DEFECT IN THE STEM CELLS, DIFFERENTIATE INTO ALL MYELOID CELLS: MONOCYTES, GRANULOCYTES, ERYTHROCYTES, AND PLATELETS
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is used to treat?
used to treat several malignant and nonmalignant disease
What are the methods of treatment for cancer?
surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hyperthermia, targeted therapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
ALL is most common in what type of people?
What is in young children, seen in boys more often than girls?
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most prevalent type of?
What is adult leukemia 72 years old?
What is supportive care?
antimicrobial therapy and transfusions
T or F CML is a mutation in the myeloid stem cell with uncontrolled proliferation of cells- Philadelphia chromosome?
True
What are nursing interventions for leukemia?
Intake and output, assess for dehydration and overload, improve self care, self-esteem, anxiety, and grief with empathetic listening and realistic reassurance
What is the manifestation of Acute lymphocytic leukemia?
pain from enlarged liver/spleen bone, CNS, headache and vomiting
What are manifestations of CLL?
B symptoms, drenching sweats, unintentional weight loss, and fevers
WHAT ARE TREATMENTS FOR AML?
AGGRESSIVE CHEMOTHERAPY- INDUCTION THERAPY, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
What are the symptoms?
maybe asymptomatic, shortness of breath, weight loss, confusion, enlarged tender spleen or liver, malaise, anorexia,
What are the types of leukemia?
Acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia
What are treatments for acute lymphocytic leukemia?
What is chemotherapy, HSCT, corticosteroids?
What is the treatment used for chronic lymphocytic leukemia?
What is an early stage" watch and wait", chemotherapy, HSCT, monoclonal antibody therapy, IVIG for recurrent infections?
What are manifestations?
fever, infection, weakness and fatigue, bleeding tendencies, pain from enlarged liver or spleen, hyperplasia of the gum, bone pain
What are treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia?
imatinib mesylate blocks leukemic cell growth and replication, chemotherapy, HSCT